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CONTENTS 

Organization  and  activities  of  the  Council 2 

Annual  reports 2 

Organization  of  the  Council 2 

Organization  of  divisions 2 

Activities 3 

Proceedings 4 

Minutes 4 

Committee  reports 4 

Science  and  industry 5 

General  surveys 5 

Specific  surveys 7 

Text  books 8 

Reports  of  research 8 

Advisory  Committee  on  the  Toxicity  of  Preserved  Foods 8 

Chemistry 9 

Engineering 10 

Explosives  Investigations  Committee 11 

Medical  sciences 12 

Psychology \ 12 

Bulletin  of  the  National  Research  Council 12 

Reprint  and  Circular  Series  of  the  National  Research  Council 13 

*Revised  and  reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences,  7, 
1921,  pages  351-362. 


RESEARCH  COUNCIL  PUBLICATIONS 


ORGANIZATION  AND  ACTIVITIES  OF  THE  COUNCIL 
Annual  Reports 

1916  First  Report  in  Report  of  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences  for  the  year  1916, 
pages  31-36.     No  copies  for  distribution. 

1917  Second  annual  report.  Reprinted  from  the  Report  of  the  National  Academy  of 
Sciences  for  the  year  1917,  pages  46-70.     No  copies  for  distribution. 

1918  Third  annual  report.  Reprinted  from  the  Report  of  the  National  Academy  of 
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1919  Fourth  annual  report.  Reprinted  from  the  Report  of  the  National  Academy  of 
Sciences  for  the  year  1919,  pages  65-130.     No  copies  for  distribution. 

1920  Fifth  annual  report.  Reprinted  from  the  Report  of  the  National  Academy  of 
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Organization  ot  thb  CotrNcn, 

Report  to  the  Engineering  Foundation  on  the  origin,  foundation  and  scope  of  the  National 
Research  Council.  Presented  by  CaryT.  Hutchinson,  Secretary.  New  York, 
February  27,  1917.     Pages  8.     Distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

Members  and  committees  of  the  National  Research  Council.  Washington,  November 
10,  1917.     Pages  32.     Distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

Executive  Order  issued  by  the  President  of  the  United  States  May  11,  1918.  Wash- 
ington,  1918.     Pages  2.     No  copies  for  distribution. 

War  organization  of  the  National  Research  Council.  Washington,  1918.  Pages  26. 
No    copies    for    distribution. 

Organization  of  the  National  Research  Council.  Preamble.  Washington,  1919. 
Pages  6.     Distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

Organization  and  members  1919-1920.  Washington,  D.  C,  December,  1919.  Pages 
26.     Distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

The  National  Research  Council.  By  Vernon  Kellogg.  Reprinted  from  Inter- 
national Conciliation.  September,  1920.  Pages  8.  Distributed  free,  postage 
1   cent. 

Organization  and  members  1920-1921.  Washington,  D.  C,  December,  1920.  Pages 
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55.    Distributed  free,  postage  2  cents. 

Organization  of  Divisions 

Anthropology  and  psychology.    W.  V.  Bingham,  chairman.     Reprinted  from  Science, 

N.  S.,  April,  1920,  Vol.  51,  pages  353-357.    No  copies  for  distribution. 
Educational  relations.     Vernon  Kellogg,  chairman.     Washington,  August  15,  1919. 

Pages  7.     Limited  supply  distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 
Engineering.     Galen  H.  Clevenger,  vice-chairman.     Presented    at    the  meeting  of 

The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  New  York,  June,  1919.     Pages 

10.     Limited  supply  distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 
Engineering.     Galen    H.    Clevenger,    acting    chairman.     Reprinted    from    Science, 

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Division  of  Engineering,  National  Research  Council,  in  cooperation  with  Engineering 

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Geology    and    geography.     Edward    B.    Mathews,    chairman.     Washington,    1919. 

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Medicine  and  related  sciences.     Richard  M.  Pearce,  chairman.     Washington,  1918. 

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Research   information   committee.     S.   W.   Stratton,   chairman.     Washington,   April 

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States    relations,    preliminary    announcement.       By  John   C.   Merriam,    chairman. 

Washington,  D.  C,  April,   1920.     Pages  7.     Limited     supply  distributed  free, 

postage  1  cent. 

Activities 

The  engineering  work  of  the  National  Research  Council.  By  HE^fRY  M.  Howe.  Re- 
printed from  the  Transactions  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers, 
1918,  pages  1715-1719.     Limited  supply  distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

The  National  Engineering  Societies  and  the  National  Research  Council.  By  George 
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Engineers,  October,  1918,  pages  825-829.  Limited  supply  distributed  free, 
postage  1  cent. 

The  Division  of  Engineering  of  the  National  Research  Council  in  cooperation  with  the 
Engineering  Foundation.  January,  1921.  Pages  16.  Limited  supply  dis- 
tributed  free,   postage  2  cents. 

Alloys  Research  Association  announcing  an  informational  service.  Under  the  aus- 
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1920.     Washington,   D.   C.     Pages   18.     Distributed  free,  postage   1  cent. 

Research  Information  Service.  Robert  M.  Yerkes,  chairman.  February,  1921. 
Pages  8.     Distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

A  National  Research  Council.  By  George  E.  Hale.  Reprinted  from  the  New  York 
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National  Research  Council.  Basis  of  organization  and  means  of  cooperation  with 
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National  Research  Council.  Research  committees  in  educational  institutions.  By 
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Sciences,  March,  1917,  Vol.  3,  pages  223-227.  Limited  supply  distributed 
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Better  Tools  for  our  scientists,  engineers  and  industrial  technical  men.  By  J.  R. 
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postage  1  cent. 

The  National  Research  Council  and  its  chemistry  committee.  By  Marston  Taylor 
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1917,  Vol.  39,  pages  841-855.     No  copies  for  distribution. 

The  National  Research  Council  and  the  organization  of  science.  By  Vernon  Kellogg. 
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National  Research  fellowships  in  physics  and  chemistry  supported  by  the  Rockefeller 
Foundation.  March  29,  1919.  Pages  4.  Limited  supply  distributed  free, 
postage    1    cent. 

National  Research  fellowships  in  physics  and  chemistry  supported  by  the  Rockefeller 
Foundation.  Washington,  D.  C,  January  1,  1920.  Pages  4.  Limited  supply 
distributed  free,  postage   1  cent. 

The  new  International  Union  of  Pure  and  Applied  Chemistry.  By  Ei>ward  W.  Wash- 
BtJRN.  Reprinted  from  Science,  N.  S.,  October  3,  1919,  Vol.  50,  pages  319-321. 
No   copies    for    distribution. 

Organization  of  the  American  Geophysical  Union.  By  Harry  O.  Wood.  Science, 
N.  S.,  March  19,  1920,  Vol.  51,  pages  297-299.  Limited  supply  distributed 
free,  postage  2  cents. 

Organization  of  the  American  Section  of  the  proposed  International  Geophysical  Union. 
A.  A.  MiCHELSON,  chairman,  F.  R.  MoulTon,  T.  C.  Chamberlin.  Reprinted 
from  Science,  N.  S.,  September  5,  Vol.  50,  pages  233-238,  and  September  12, 
1919,  pages  255-259.     Limited  supply  distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

Outline  of  plan  for  an  inter-allied  research  council.  Washington,  1918.  Pages  2. 
No    copies    for    distribution. 

Report  of  the  meetings  of  the  International  Research  Council  and  of  the  Affiliated 
Unions  held  at  Brussels,  July  18-28,  1919.  Presented  to  the  Division  of  Foreign 
Relations  by  W.  W.  Campbell,  Chairman,  American  Delegation  to  the  Inter- 
national Research  Council.  Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  National 
Academy  of  Sciences,  Vol.  6,  No.  6,  June,  1920,  pages  340-348.  Limited  supply 
distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

Psychology  and  national  service.  By  Robert  M.  YerkES.  Reprinted  from  the 
Psychological  Bulletin,  July,  1917,  Vol.  14,  pages  259-262.  Limited  supply 
distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

Recommendations  of  the  National  Research  Council  of  the  United  States  with  respect 
to  the  formation  of  an  international  chemical  union.  Report  by  the  committee 
on  publication  of  compendia  of  chemical  literature,  etc.,  to  the  president  and 
council  of  the  American  Chemical  Society.  Washington,  1919.  Pages  8. 
No    copies    for    distribution. 

War  activities  of  the  National  Research  Council.  By  George  E.  Hale.  Reprinted 
from  the  Proceedings  of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  July,  1918, 
pages  909-934.     No  copies  for  distribution. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COUNCIL 
Minutes 
Meetings  of  the   Council,   its   Executive   Committee,   Executive  Board   and   Interim 
Committee,   September  20,    1916,   to   October    14,  1919.     Reprinted    from  the 
Proceedings  of  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences.     Limited  supply  distributed 
free,   postage    1   cent. 

Committee  Reports 

Report  of  the  astronomy  committee.  Presented  for  the  committee  by  Edward  C. 
Pickering,  chairman.  Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  National  Academy 
of  Sciences,  June,  1917,  Vol.  3,  pages  444-446.  Limited  supply  distributed 
free,    postage    1    cent. 

First  report  of  the  committee  on  botany.  Presented  for  the  committee  by  John  M. 
Coulter,  chairman.  Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  National  Academy 
of  Sciences,  August,  1917,  Vol.  3,  pages  529-530.  Distributed  free,  postage 
1    cent. 


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The  scope  and  work  of  the  botanical  raw  products  committee.  Presented  for  the  com- 
mittee by  Edward  M.  East,  chairman.  Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of 
the  National  Academy  of  Sciences,  December,  1917,  Vol.  3,  pages  731-733.  Dis- 
tributed   free,    postage    1    cent. 

Report  of  the  committee  on  ceramic  chemistry.  Presented  for  the  committee  by  E. 
W.  Washburn,  chairman.  Washington,  April,  1919.  Pages  6.  No  copies 
for  distribution. 

Report  of  the  committee  on  ceramic  research  joint  committee  with  the  American  Ceramic 
Society,  with  reference  to  a  plan  for  the  establishment  of  a  system  of  research 
fellowships  in  ceramics  supported  by  the  industries.  Submitted  by  Albert  V. 
Bleininger,  chairman.  November  19,  1919.  Pages  9.  No  copies  for  dis- 
tribution. 

Report  of  the  Chairman  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Division  of  Chemistry  and  Chem- 
ical Technology.  Reprinted  from  the  Journal  of  Industrial  atid  Engineering 
Chemistry,  Vol.  12,  No.  9,  page  911.  September,  1920.  No  copies  for  dis- 
tribution. 

Clean  coal;  the  effect  of  high  ash  upon  thermal  efficiency,  amount  of  boiler  plant, 
amount  of  transportation  equipment.  Report  prepared  by  the  J.  G.  White 
Engineering  Corporation  and  transmitted  by  the  Engineering  Committee 
of  the  National  Research  Council  to  the  Committee  on  Clean  Coal.  Reprinted 
by  The  J.  G.  White  Engineering  Corporation,  New  York,  January,  1918. 
Pages  8.     No  copies   for  distribution. 

Some  projects  of  research  in  national  nutrition.  Report  of  the  committee  on  food  and 
nutrition.  Division  of  Biology  and  Agriculture.  March,  1921.  Page  15.  Distri- 
buted free,  postage  1  cent. 

Report  of  the  geology  and  paleontology  committee.  Presented  for  the  committee  by 
J.  M.  Clarke,  chairman.  Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  National 
Academy  of  Sciences,  December,  1917,  Vol.  3,  pages  721-724.  Distributed 
free,  postage  1  cent. 

An  investigation  of  conditions  in  the  departments  of  the  preclinical  sciences.  Report 
of  a  committee  of  the  Division  of  Medical  Sciences  of  the  National  Research 
Council.  Presented  by  Joseph  Erlanger,  chairman.  Reprinted  from  The 
Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  April  17,  1920,  Vol.  74,  pages  1117- 
1122.     Distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

The  executive  committee  on  natural  resources.  By  John  M.  Clarke,  Henry  S. 
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17,  1921,  pages  550-552.    Limited  supply  distributed  free,  postage  1  cent. 

Preservation  of  natural  conditions.  Prepared  by  the  committee  on  the  preservation  of 
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Psychology  in  relation  to  the  war.  By  Robert  ISI.  Yerkes.  Reprinted  from  The 
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First  report  of  the  committee  on  zoologj-.  Presented  by  Edwin  G.  Conklin,  chairman. 
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SCIENCE  AND  INDUSTRY 
General  Surveys 
Industrial  research  and   national  welfare.     By  George  E.   Hale.     Reprinted   from 
Science,  N.  S.,  November  22,  1918,  Vol.  48,  pages  505-507.     Limited  supply 
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Industrial  research  and  national  welfare.     By  Elihu  Root.     Reprinted  from  Science, 

N.  S.,  November  29,  1918,  Vol.  48,  pages  532-534.     Limited  supply  distributed 

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The  national  value  of  scientific  research.     By  George   E.    Hale.     Reprinted    from 

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The  organization  of  research.     By  James  R.  Angell.     Reprinted  from  the  Journal 

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The  organization  of  research  in  our  American  democracy.     By  James  R.  Angell. 

Preprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  Institute  of  Medicine  of  Chicago.     March 

5,  1920.     Pages  18.     Distributed  free,  postage  2  cents. 
The  obligation  of  the  state  toward  scientific  research.     By  James  R.  Angell.     Re- 
printed from  the  Centennial  Memorial  Volume  of  Indiana  University.    July,  1921. 

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The  new  opportunity  in  science.     By  R.  A.  Millikan.     Published  in  Science,  N.  S., 

September  26,  1919,  Vol.  50,  pages  285-297.    No  copies  for  distribution. 
America's  place  in  industrial  research.     Address  given  at  the  decennial  celebration. 

Forest  Products  Laboratory,  Madison,  Wisconsin,  July  23,  1920,  by  H.  E.  Howe. 

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Research  in  America  after  the  war.     By  R.  A.  Millikan.     Reprinted  from  the  Trans- 
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The  research  spirit  in  everyday  life    of    the  average  man.      By  John  C.  Merriam. 

Reprinted  from  Science,  N.  S.,   Vol.    52,      pages    473-478,    November,     1920. 

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Science  and  national  progress.     Reprinted  from  Scientific  American  Monthly. 

January,    1920.     Pages    5.     Distributed    free,    postage    1    cent. 

February,  1920.  Food  as  a  national  interest.  By  Vernon  Kellogg.  The 
ceramic  industries.     Pages  3.     No  copies  for  distribution. 

April,  1920.  Bubbles,  drops  and  grains.  By  Wilder  D.  Bancroft.  Government 
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May,  1920.  Blue  eyes  and  blue  feathers.  By  Wilder  D.  Bancroft.  Meat 
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July,  1920.  Fog  and  smoke.  By  Wilder  D.  Bancroft.  The  use  and  value 
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October,  1920.  Institute  for  plant  protection.  By  H.  H.  Whetzel.  Pages 
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November,  1920.  Scientific  survey  of  the  Pacific.  By  Clark  WisslER. 
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January,  1921.  Our  leprosy  problem.  Bubonic  plague.  Pages  2.  Dis- 
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March,  1921.    Tropical  forests.     By  H.  X.  Whitford.     Pages  4.     No  copies  for 

distribution. 
May,   1921.    Scientific  work  in  Russia  outside  of  Petrograd  and  Moscow.    By 

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July,  1921.     What  do  you  know  about  diatoms?    By  H.  P.  Little.    A  national 

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TTumber  24.  Organomagnesium  compounds  in  synthetic  chemistry:  a  bibliography 
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